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CHICAGO -- The back of the bullpen, which must perform at a high level for the Angels to make any kind of playoff run, has added injury to inconsistency on its short list of woes. Setup man Justin Speier has been sidelined by a slight strain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, an injury he began to feel about a week ago and aggravated Tuesday when he pushed off the rubber to make a pitch in Baltimore Lenny Williams - lennywilliams . Wearing a knee brace, the right-hander threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Friday afternoon and said the discomfort was "minimal compared to the other day in Baltimore," but Speier is doubtful for the series against the Chicago White Sox. "I thought I had a little tendinitis, but they did an evaluation and found a slight strain," said Speier, who is 2-3 with a 3. 12 earned-run average in 43 games. "The trainers think it's a small issue, but they want me to calm it down, take one step at a time lenny williams song . You don't want to change your delivery or mechanics and do something you're not used to doing. "Bullpen high jinks being what they are, the Angels' other relievers seized on the opportunity to make light of Speier's misfortune. While the team was stretching before Thursday's game against the Orioles, left-hander Darren Oliver presented Speier, who went through Marines boot camp after high school, with a GI Joe doll with the No lenny williams "because i love you . 33 on back and a piece of white athletic tape wrapped around the right knee. "That was a nice gift, it was cool, it made me feel good," Speier said lenny krayzelburg . "My teammates are picking me up. "Former Angels outfielder Darin Erstad, nearing the end of a highly disappointing, injury-marred season with the White Sox, acknowledged feeling a little playoff envy Friday. While Chicago, only two years removed from its 2005 World Series championship, is mired in last place in the American League Central, the Angels sit high atop the AL West, their third division title in four years in their sights. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little jealous," said Erstad, who sat out June and July because of an ankle injury and has been reduced to a bench role, while the White Sox look at some of their youngsters "I play this game to win lenny breau . I'm happy for them, but the jealousy factor is pretty high right now. "Erstad thought he reached the depths of baseball despair in 1999, when the Angels, picked by many to win the division, were 70-92, finished 25 games out of first place, and filled their clubhouse with so much dissension and turmoil that Manager Terry Collins and General Manager Bill Bavasi resigned. But this season, Erstad said, has been tougher. "In 1999, we hadn't accomplished anything -- we had been in a playoff race or two but hadn't gotten to the promised land," said Erstad, who is batting . 253 with three homers and 29 runs batted in and will probably become a free agent this winter. "We have a group of guys here who won a World Series To experience this after that is tough. But sometimes you've got to take it on the chin, and that's what we've had to do this year. "Vladimir Guerrero, whose inflamed right triceps has relegated him to designated hitter for four games, played catch Friday for the first time since injuring his elbow, but the slugger probably won't return to right field for another week or so. --mike. digiovanna.
If there was a time for the Dodgers to humble their tormentor, this was it, in the 147th game of the season, with the division title still (barely) within reach. The Dodgers drove Doug Davis out of the game only 4 2/3 innings into Friday night's series opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, pounding him for six runs and nine hits. The offensive output was enough to give the Dodgers a 7-4 victory on a night when staff ace Brad Penny was far from his best. Takashi Saito picked up his 39th save as the Dodgers moved to within 4 1/2 games of the Diamondbacks in the National League West, a race they appeared to be all but out of not so long ago. And Davis was hardly the man the Dodgers wanted to see standing on the mound Friday lenny williams albums . In 30 career innings against them, he hadn't been charged with a single earned run lenny henry . His last start in Los Angeles was a 96-pitch masterpiece, in which he blanked them over eight innings and won, 1-0. Davis had won seven of his last eight decisions. "The guy changes speed," Dodgers Manager Grady Little said before the game "When he's in the strike zone, he's tough He's a veteran pitcher soul williams . He exposes any weaknesses that you have. "But, Little noted, "Today's another day. "That much was evident in the first inning, when James Loney doubled into the left-field corner to drive in Rafael Furcal. The Dodgers put up another run in the fourth when Russell Martin singled in Jeff Kent to tie the score 2-2, but blew a chance to take the lead loopy lenny . They had the bases loaded, only to see Andre Ethier line out to first, Penny strike out and Furcal ground out to third. The Dodgers' big inning came in the fifth, when they put up four runs and forced Diamondbacks Manager Bob Melvin to pull Davis. Nomar Garciaparra, who hadn't played in two games, hit a bases-empty home run. Matt Kemp tripled to drive in Martin and scored on a single by Ethier. The resulting 6-4 lead didn't look safe, the way Penny was struggling Lenny Williams . He started the game by loading the bases and walked in a run with one out.
Penny managed to minimize the damage by striking out Chris Young and Stephen Drew. Penny gave up a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth on a home run by Mark Reynolds. Penny's last start was the subject of debate, as he was pulled a batter into the eighth inning of an eventual loss to the San Francisco Giants lenny williams songs . Penny had only thrown 82 pitches, his lowest total of the season. But Penny defended Little this week, saying Little told him in advance that he would be pulled when he let a runner get on base, which, in this case, turned out to be a double to Kevin Frandsen. "The managers are always going to take the fall because of the money the players are making," Penny said "You can't fire 25 guys, you can't blame 25 guys This is my eighth year, I've had six different managers masked man . And the teams that were good won, the teams that weren't lost and it had nothing to do with who was managing. "Penny recalled how, when he was part of the Florida Marlins team that won the 2003 World Series, Manager Jack McKeon often relied on instinct to make decisions. "He went with gut feeling," Penny said leny williams . "If we had lost, people would've blamed him for everything. "--dylan. hernandez james greatest hits . BOSTON -- In a game that mirrored the season, the New York Yankees bounced back. Lenny Williams tickets Alex Rodriguez capped a six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking single off Jonathan Papelbon, and the Yankees overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox, 8-7, Friday night. Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano started the comeback with home runs off Hideki Okajima, Derek Jeter hit an RBI single against Papelbon and Bobby Abreu tied it with a two-run double. "Every win now is a big win," Jeter said. By winning a 4-hour 43-minute marathon -- two minutes shy of the record for a nine-inning game set by the Yankees and Red Sox on Aug. 18 last year -- New York closed to within 4 1/2 games of East Division-leading Boston.
The Yankees remained 3 1/2 games ahead of Detroit in the wild-card race. Boston has led the division for the last 150 days lenny williams discography . By winning the opener of a three-game series, the Yankees kept alive their slim chances for overtaking their longtime rival. lenny subs . The Boost Mobile Pro will resume today, after a day off Friday, with a surfing marathon beginning at 8 a. m. The Foster's ASP World Tour event at Lower Trestles near San Clemente will open with Round 4 and conclude with the final at about 3 p. m. The sixth of 10 World Tour contests -- the only one on the U. S lenny sub shop . mainland -- has been rife with upsets as nine of the top 10 surfers on the tour's 45-man roster have been eliminated. Kelly Slater, ranked No lenny sub. 4, is the lone survivor and if he were to win the event he would move to No. 2, behind Australia's Mick Fanning. Fanning was knocked out in Round 3 by Ventura sensation Dane Reynolds, 19, who is an event wild card and will be a rookie on next year's World Tour. "I know Mick holds the No.
1 seed, but I tried not to really think about it in that way," said Reynolds, who a day earlier knocked out No 2 Taj Burrow lenny williams love . "I just did what the waves called for. "Against Fanning, Reynolds registered the highest single-wave score of the contest: a 9. 93 out of a possible 10. Reynolds draws C. J Hobgood, the 2001 world champion, in Round 4 lenny song . Slater, who is gunning for a ninth world title, draws Hawaii's Fred Patacchia. A slight improvement in conditions is expected, with waves measuring to about head-high at the legendary point break. --pete. thomas lenny b . A great deal of attention will be given to today's matchup between winless Notre Dame at Michigan, but there is a battle of two undefeated teams up the road in East Lansing, Mich. , where Pittsburgh meets Michigan State. The Panthers are 2-0 with victories at home against Eastern Michigan and Grambling State lenny music . Michigan State has wins over Alabama Birmingham and Bowling Green and is an 11-point favorite. The game opened with the Spartans as eight-point favorites, but with the Panthers expected to start freshmen at quarterback (Kevan Smith) and running back (LeSean McCoy), money has flowed in Michigan State's favor. The Spartans also have a few trends working for them, such as Pittsburgh's 0-5 record against the spread when it has been a road underdog and the Panthers' 1-5 record against the spread in their last six games. But Pittsburgh Coach Dave Wannstedt's team could be ready to pull a surprise. McCoy, expected to step in for injured starter LaRod Stephens-Howling, ran for 107 yards and three touchdowns, and Smith completed 15 of 22 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown last week against Grambling State Lenny Williams - youtube . It also should be noted that Michigan State is 1-4 against the spread in its last five games as a home favorite and 1-5 against the spread against a team with a winning record. And for those interested in Notre Dame and Michigan, the Wolverines are eight-point favorites, but the Irish are on the move after starting the week as 9 1/2 -point underdogs. Both teams are starting freshman quarterbacks in Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame) and Ryan Mallet (Michigan), and the underdog in this series is 7-1 against the spread in the last eight games. --BaseballThe big weekend series in Major League Baseball is being played in Fenway Park featuring the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, with today's game highlighted by the pitching matchup between Chien-Ming Wang and Josh Beckett. Based on their previous three starts, Wang would seem to be the better choice with a 3-0 record and 1. 69 earned-run average compared with Beckett's 2-1 mark and 3. 74 ERA. Wang also has given up only 11 hits and four runs in his last 21 1/3 innings pitched.
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